Rupert Murdoch attends the 2014 International Academy Of Television Arts & Sciences Emmy Awards at New York Hilton on November 24, 2014 in New York City.

Rupert Murdoch attends the 2014 International Academy Of Television Arts & Sciences Emmy Awards at New York Hilton on November 24, 2014 in New York City. (Neilson Barnard / Getty Images)

Variety's chief film critic Justin Chang addressed the controversy in his film review. "While these are problematic choices, dictated by commercial imperatives as old as Methuselah, they are also reservations one willingly suspends as the strength of the performances and the irresistible pull of the story take hold," he wrote.